Practice!

Using one of your library books, practice writing a bibliographic

citation.

Who Write your author’s last name, followed

by a comma:

Author’s Last Name,

Blevins,

Add your author’s first name, and if there is no middle name or initial, finish with a period

If your author has a middle name or middle initial, it goes after the first name

Last Name, First Name + Middle Name

or Middle Initial.

Blevins, Wiley.

What Write the title, and underline it,

and finish it with a period.

Last Name, First Name + Middle Name

or Initial. Title.

Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant.

Hanging Indention Instead of indenting the first line as you

would in a paragraph, the first line begins at the margin

The rest of the lines are indented 5 spaces from the margin.

Where (the city) Write the city (but not the state) where

the publisher is located, and insert a colon after the city name.

Last Name, First Name. Title. City:

Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis:

Where (the publisher) Write the publishing company name,

followed by a comma:

Last Name, First Name. Title. City:

Publisher,

Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis:

Compass Point,

When Add the copyright date, and end the

citation with a period.

Last Name, First Name. Title. New York:

Publisher, date.

Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis:

Compass Point, 2004.

Medium of PublicationThe “mediuim of publication” for a hard

copy book is Print.

Last Name, First Name. Title. New York:

Publisher, date. Print.

Blevins, Wiley. Parts of a Plant. Minneapolis:

Compass Point, 2004. Print.

The Works Consulted Song

Last name, comma,First name, period.Title of the book,

Underlined then period.Place of publication:

Colon and the publisher,Comma, date, period.Type of media, period.

Citation for a Print Encyclopedia

“Title of Article.” Title of Encyclopedia.

Copyright date. Print.

“Philadelphia.” The New Book of

Knowledge. 2014. Print.